Product meta-modelling: an approach for linking product models

Author

Nowak, Pierre ; Roucoules, Lionel ; Eynard, Benoît

Author_Institution

Lab. of Mech. Syst. & Concurrent Eng., Troyes Univ. of Technol., UK

Volume

4

fYear

2002

fDate

6-9 Oct. 2002

Abstract

One of the objectives of concurrent engineering is to ensure the management of product data during all its life cycle. So we need some tools able to organize and support the representation of a lot of data. As a single model could not fulfil the specificity of each design phase, we use two product models and define the link between their formalisms (including data types, structure, and evolution laws). For having a formal and intelligible mapping of the type of data and of the evolution laws of both models, two static meta-models have been defined. These meta-models use the UML class diagram.

Keywords

concurrent engineering; diagrams; manufacturing data processing; product development; specification languages; UML class diagram; concurrent engineering; data representation; engineering design; evolution laws; product data management; product meta-modelling; product model linking; static meta-models; Concurrent engineering; Decision making; Design engineering; Engineering management; Joining processes; Laboratories; Mechanical systems; Product development; Technology management; Unified modeling language;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 2002 IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7437-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.2002.1173232

Filename

1173232